Improved combination of sofa and bathing-tub



UNITED STATES PATENT SARAH BALDlVIN, OF VATERBURY, C()NNECTICUT.

IMPROVED COMBINATION OF SOFA AND BATHING-TUB.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N o. 35,289, dated May 20, 1862.

i. To all whom, tmc/y concern:

. Be it known that I, SARAH A. BALDWIN, of the city of VVaterbuiy, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented new and Improved Sofajand Bathing Apparatus Combined; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, figures, and letters of reference thereon, making part of this speciiication.

Of the said drawings, Figure l shows a plain elevation of the two together. Fig. 2

Y showsthe sofa part removed, and Fig. 3 shows a vertical longitudinal section of the bathing tub or apparatus.

My invention `is particularly designed for large cities, where rents are so high as to eX- clude bathing-rooms, and also for the rooms of invalid and infirm persons, whereby the advantages of bathing and the `economy of room are both-obtained at slight expense.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my inventioml will describe the construction of the same.

The bath-tub A is a wooden boX of the de- -sired size and shape, lined with metal, Water tight, and provided an inclined head-board,

c, and discharge e, as inv ordinary bathing.

SARAHA. BALDWIN. [1.. s]

Witnesses:

SAMUEL B. HOPKINS, JOHN W. PAUL. 

